Still Loving FinalBuilder - Automating the Build Process for .NET Development

I just upgraded to FinalBuilder 6.0 and was reminded how I discovered FinalBuilder in 2006 and am still using it to automate my build process in 2008. I know a lot of other .NET developers use NAnt, and I do, too, but I definitely prefer creating my build files with the wonderful Visual GUI of FinalBuilder than a text editor for NAnt files. Not only are the FinalBuilder build files easier to create IMHO, but I feel more confident creating them.

Given the number of build actions in FinalBuilder, I also get much more creative and complete in my build process. Typically I will go the extra few miles with FinalBuilder and compress files, FTP them to servers, send out mail and newsgroup messages, create CD's, complile help files with Sandcastle, and anything else that may help automate the build process. I am not suggesting this is not possible with NAnt, but it sure isn't as easy as dropping a build action onto the build process and configuring a few settings.

Unless you like editing NAnt build files, you might want to check out FinalBuilder.

 

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posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:51 PM

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